California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 911 — Emergency room crowding.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health to be administered by the State Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care, hospitals. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to determine the range of crowding scores, as defined, that constitute each category of the crowding scale, as provided, for its emergency department. The bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to calculate and record a crowding score every 4 hours, except as specified, to assess the crowding condition of its emergency department. The bill would require, by January 1, 2011, every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to develop and implement a full-capacity protocol for each of the categories of the crowding scale. This bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to file its full-capacity protocol with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and to annually report revisions to its protocol. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2014. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3291.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2320.)

  8. Read second time. To third reading.

  9. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 17).

  12. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 15).

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  17. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  18. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  19. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 2066.)

  20. Read second time. To third reading.

  21. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  24. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 21).

  25. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Eng · Cosponsor
  • Lieu · Primary
  • Price · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Lieu

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Eng
  • Price

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 911 Lieu Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 91 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 85001
Republican 3000
Democratic 3000
Total 91001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Yamada — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bass — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Evans — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB911 Lieu By Strickland

Passed 33 Yea · 3 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30305
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 33305
% of votes cast 80%7%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Cogdill — Yea
Florez — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Yee — Yea
Ducheny — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Walters — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Wyland — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10003
Total 10003
% of votes cast 77%0%0%23%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Wyland — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Runner — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Leno — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Yea

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AB 911 LIEU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 54 Yea · 34 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 513203
Democratic 2001
Republican 1200
Total 543404
% of votes cast 59%37%0%4%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Beall — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Conway — Nay
Bill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Audra — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Fong — Not Voting
Cook — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Huber — Nay
DeVore — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Nay
Villines — Nay
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Price — Yea
Torres — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Galgiani — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 16 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15500
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 16600
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Nay
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Miller — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 15 Yea · 4 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13307
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 15407
% of votes cast 58%15%0%27%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
De — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Torre — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Nava — Not Voting
Adams — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Audra — Nay
Emmerson — Not Voting
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 911 do?
Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health to be administered by the State Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care, hospitals. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to determine the range of crowding scores, as defined, that constitute each category of the crowding scale, as provided, for its emergency department. The bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to calculate and record a crowding score every 4 hours, except as specified, to assess the crowding condition of its emergency department. The bill would require, by January 1, 2011, every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to develop and implement a full-capacity protocol for each of the categories of the crowding scale. This bill would require every licensed general acute care hospital with an emergency department to file its full-capacity protocol with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, and to annually report revisions to its protocol. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2014. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 911?
AB 911 is sponsored by Eng, Lieu, and Price.
What is the current status of AB 911?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 911?
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